John
Hance O'Steen - Underwood’s Home
Guard under Captain Oscar Underwood. He was enlisted
as a Confederate Mail Carrier. He died September
22, 1947 and is bury at Mt. Horeb Baptist Church Cemetery in Gilchrist
County, Florida.

If you revere your Southern Heritage and
believe in honoring your relatives who wore the Grey then join the members of
the John Hance O’Steen Camp 770 in preserving our Southern History.

As with all Sons
of Confederate Veterans Camps, membership is open to male descendants, either
lineal or collateral, of Confederate Veterans.Membership inquires should be to Adjutant Archie Matthews 386-462-3016
or Commander Clement Lindsey at 352-472-0047 or e-mail cwpyroman@yahoo.com

Monthly meeting
every third Tuesday at Bell Community Center, Bell, Florida. Social at
6:30 pm and meeting 7:00 pm

John Hance O’Steen Camp
#770 was chartered on January 23, 2003
at Trenton, Florida.The name was elected from John Hance O’Steen
the grandfather of Chaplin Arnold O’Steen and Treasurer Allen O'Steen, and
great grandsons Wilber O'Steen, Jr., Sam O'Steen and William O'Steen, Jr., who
are members of our camp.

Mr. John O’Steen joined
the Underwood’s Home Guard under Captain Oscar Underwood, and was subject to
military order.He was enlisted as a
Confederate Mail Carrier.His duty was
to deliver the mail weekly. By mid-May 1865, the Boys of the
Captain Underwood Company in the Santa Fe Rivercountryside was disband.

John Hance O’Steen was the
youngest Confederate soldier from Florida.He was the second youngest that served for
the Confederate States of America.He married Miss Sarah Frances Hines in June
1882.

John Hance O’Steen died September
22, 1947 and is bury at Mt Horeb Baptist Church Cemetery in Gilchrist
County.

April 1949 John Hance son Dewey
received a letter from the Confederate Stamp Alliance making Mr. O’Steen an
Honorary Colonel.The letter read:

The Confederate Stamp Alliance

In recognition
of the Valiant Service performed in the War Between the States, this Allianceis honored
in appointing John Hance O’Steen to the Rank of Honorary Colonel.

In the active forces of this Alliance
dedicated the Preservation of Southern history as reflected in its Stamps and
Postal Stationary.

In Testimony where of: The
President and Secretary-Treasurer have signed this Commission at Lexington,
Virginia on April
12, 1949 .The Bi-Centennial
of Washingtonand LeeUniversity.

“To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we submit
the vindication of the Cause for which we fought; to your strength will be
given the defense of the Confederate soldier’s good name, the guardianship of
his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles
he loved and which made him glorious and which you also cherish.Remember, it is your duty to see that the
true history of the South is presented to future generations”